In linux, I used Shift + Insert to paste anything in the system clipboard into the terminal. In Mac, there isn’t an insert key – so, I’m left wondering how to do that ?
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In linux, I used Shift + Insert to paste anything in the system clipboard into the terminal. In Mac, there isn’t an insert key – so, I’m left wondering how to do that ?
The standard Mac paste shortcut, Command-v, should paste the contents of the clipboard into vim, running in a terminal window, assuming vim is in insert mode. I just pasted the previous sentence into vim on my Mac, by that method. If you are new to Macs, and you have an Apple keyboard, the Command keys have an apple and a strange symbol resembling an octothorpe, with a loop at each corner. On my 3rd party keyboard, they are labeled with a diamond-shaped symbol.